Congress is working on an omnibus appropriations bill to keep the government open, facing a funding deadline of 23 December following the passage of a a short-term extension before the original 15 December deadline. The total spending package is $1.7 trillion and both parties are weighing in the priorities prior to the House switching party control on 3 January. Democrats are trying to get some things included before the Republicans gain control of the House, and Republicans are considering strategies about what to compromise on and what to hold out until they control the House. However, it looks as if the Senate Republicans will come to some sort of deal on a bill that can pass both chambers still under Democrat control. That is setting o...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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